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...Maybe it's a mistake to ask who Bettie was, or what her underground eminence signifies. As Buck Henry writes: "The oft-told Betty Page story is peculiar - a morality tale with no discernible moral, not much plot, and a leading character who is at least elusive...
...Elusive indeed. Watching Bettie dance, or being touched by her smile, or monitoring the inane dedication she brings to tying up or getting tied down, may give viewers the feeling they know Bettie Page the person, when all they're getting is what Bettie Page the performer wants them to see. She has given her audience what artists impart: the illusion of knowing someone. Indeed, it may be a tribute to the mystery of Bettie's personality that neither Mary Harron nor the host of Bettie-maniacs, young and old, can penetrate...
...pleased by reports that the real Bettie Page has buried, or tamed, her demons. I hope she had a happy birthday, and that the people she hurt have healed themselves and forgiven her. Three years ago, she finally posed for a public picture, her first in more than 40 years that wasn't taken by a police photographer. Here it is. For 80, she looks great. I'd like the real Bettie Page to have a happy ending...
...there's a Platonist streak, deep in the movie critic I have been all these years, that believes the truth is up there on the screen - that the shadows on the wall have more answers for me than the people who put them there. To me, the real Bettie Page is that two-dimensional image, forever young, tender, sexy and smiling...
...more New Line has embraced this online cult following - a comprehensive breakdown of the film's extensive fan universe can be found on its own, lengthy Wikipedia page - the more Snakes web sites have gone up. Here are a dozen sites that together give you a feeling for just how widespread Snakes on a Plane mania has become...